JUST PUBLISHED 🚨
SimTac: A physics-based simulator for vision-based tactile sensing with biomorphic structures.
By Xuyang Zhang et al., Robot Perception Lab, King’s College London, and collaborators.
Read it now in Cyborg and Bionic Systems: spj.science.org/doi/10.34133…
Another teaching term is officially underway! I always love sharing the personal experiences that sparked my passion for Heat Transfer with a new group of students 😊🔥 @kcl_engineering
Amazing to see Engineering's Laura Lander rub shoulders with the Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern as the Government launch their new International Education Strategy 🎉
International collaboration on cutting-edge research is the we deliver real societal change 🙌
The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Malvern chose King’s to launch the Government’s new International Education Strategy.
She joined a roundtable with Prof. Shitij Kapur about our global education programmes.
kcl.ac.uk/news/governments-n…
Round 3 of the One King’s Impact Fund is OPEN! 🎉
Up to £50k available for projects tackling global challenges.
✅ Collaborative & multidisciplinary
✅ Led by King’s staff/students & external partners
📅 Apply by 1 April 2026
kcl.ac.uk/impact/fund
Sports should be accessible to everyone.💪
King’s is co-developing adaptive sports tech, from prosthetic sockets to assistive rowing boats, to empower people with limb differences to compete, play, and thrive in sport.
kcl.ac.uk/research/empowerin…#OneKingsImpact@KingsNMES
Thermofluids Social Meeting is back! Supported by @KingsNMES Research Culture Fund, we organise lunch meetings to network and exchange ideas among research groups working on thermofluids and related disciplines within @kcl_engineering. This time, we welcomed new PhD students!
We're rounding off the week with more good news - Professor Jaafar Elmirghani has been elected a Fellow of @RAEngNews! He was recognised for his pioneering work on making communications & computing technologies more sustainable & energy efficient.
kcl.ac.uk/news/professor-jaa…
King's has joined the UK's first Innovation and Knowledge Centre dedicated to neuromorphic computing hardware, following £12.8m funding from the EPSRC
The new tech will help underpin new advancements in edge AI, healthcare and security ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-joins-u…
Space-based solar power has the potential to reduce Europe’s need for land-based renewable energy by up to 80%.
Researchers from @KingsNMES have assessed the possible impact that generating solar energy in space could have for Europe.
kcl.ac.uk/news/solar-panels-…
We’re proud to share that King's Department of Engineering has won a Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence, recognising how they used design as a unifying thread to connect learning across the curriculum. 👏
Learn more ⬇️
kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-enginee…
First quadruple amputee to kayak Southern Greenland, now the first to get a King’s honorary degree!🥳
Disability advocate and adventurer Alex Lewis received an honorary degree in Engineering yesterday by the side of long-time collaborator Dr Nicola Bailey
kcl.ac.uk/news/disability-ad…
Congratulations to all our graduates from @kcl_engineering! It’s a joy to see them walk by with pride and confidence — truly rewarding. Wishing them all the best in their future endeavors!
The UK is in the top 5 countries in the world for aviation passenger related CO2 emissions. 😧✈️
To help slash these, @KCL_Engineering’s Dr Christos Skamniotis will work with UK academics to make air travel more sustainable & environmentally friendly.🍃
kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-advanci…
ALT "King's advancing 'Jet Zero' as part of new collaboration developing jet engines" over a field of greens with an airplane's shadow on top of it.
I have a Post-doc opportunity in my group to work on the NeuroSoC (neurosoc.eu) project, focusing on hardware-aware training methodologies for an Analog In-Memory Computing (AIMC) Multi-Processor System on Chip (SoC).
Deadline: 23-Jul-2025
my.corehr.com/pls/coreportal…
At @kingsmathschool today for their girls love maths and physics summer school. Always great to come here and speak to enthusiastic and engaged young women about engineering.